Patents by Inventor Charles B. Radloff

Charles B. Radloff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Satellite scrambling communication network using geographically separated uplinks
    Patent number: 4709266
    Abstract: A satellite scrambling communication network uses geographically separated uplinks to provide scrambled video and audio signals and descrambling control data to separated individual subscribers and to separated TV signal distribution systems. The network includes a business control center which provides a master data stream including individual subscriber address and encryption data and uplink channel allocation control data.A first uplink adds to the master data stream supplementary data peculiar to those TV channel distribution systems which will distribute the one or more TV channels from the first uplink. The transmission at the first uplink, in addition to the one ore more TV channels, includes the master data stream and the supplementary data peculiar to the first uplink. There are a plurality of geographically seperated additional satellite communication uplinks, each including means for receiving the master data stream as transmitted from the first uplink via the communication satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Oak Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Orest J. Hanas, Frank C. Pennypacker, Charles B. Radloff, Richard D. Schulman